The String object lets you work with a series of characters; it wraps Javascript's string
primitive data type with a number of helper methods.
As JavaScript automatically converts between string primitives and String objects,
you can call any of the helper methods of the String object on a string primitive.
Syntax
Use the following syntax to create a String object −
var val = new String(string);
The String parameter is a series of characters that has been properly encoded.
String Properties
Here is a list of the properties of String object and their description.
Sr.No. Property & Description
1 constructor
Returns a reference to the String function that created the object.
2 length
Returns the length of the string.
3 prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an
object.
In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage of
String properties.
String Methods
Here is a list of the methods available in String object along with their description.
Sr.No. Method & Description
1 charAt()
Returns the character at the specified index.
2 charCodeAt()
Returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the character at the
given index.
3 concat()
Combines the text of two strings and returns a new string.
4 indexOf()
Returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence
of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
5 lastIndexOf()
Returns the index within the calling String object of the last occurrence
of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
6 localeCompare()
Returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes before or
after or is the same as the given string in sort order.
7 match()
Used to match a regular expression against a string.
8 replace()
Used to find a match between a regular expression and a string, and to
replace the matched substring with a new substring.
9 search()
Executes the search for a match between a regular expression and a
specified string.
10 slice()
Extracts a section of a string and returns a new string.
11 split()
Splits a String object into an array of strings by separating the string into
substrings.
12 substr()
Returns the characters in a string beginning at the specified location
through the specified number of characters.
13 substring()
Returns the characters in a string between two indexes into the string.
14 toLocaleLowerCase()
The characters within a string are converted to lower case while
respecting the current locale.
15 toLocaleUpperCase()
The characters within a string are converted to upper case while
respecting the current locale.
16 toLowerCase()
Returns the calling string value converted to lower case.
17 toString()
Returns a string representing the specified object.
18 toUpperCase()
Returns the calling string value converted to uppercase.
19 valueOf()
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
String HTML Wrappers
Here is a list of the methods that return a copy of the string wrapped inside an
appropriate HTML tag.
Sr.No. Method & Description
1 anchor()
Creates an HTML anchor that is used as a hypertext target.
2 big()
Creates a string to be displayed in a big font as if it were in a <big> tag.
3 blink()
Creates a string to blink as if it were in a <blink> tag.
4 bold()
Creates a string to be displayed as bold as if it were in a <b> tag.
5 fixed()
Causes a string to be displayed in fixed-pitch font as if it were in a <tt> tag
6 fontcolor()
Causes a string to be displayed in the specified color as if it were in a <font
color="color"> tag.
7 fontsize()
Causes a string to be displayed in the specified font size as if it were in a <font
size="size"> tag.
8 italics()
Causes a string to be italic, as if it were in an <i> tag.
9 link()
Creates an HTML hypertext link that requests another URL.
10 small()
Causes a string to be displayed in a small font, as if it were in a <small> tag.
11 strike()
Causes a string to be displayed as struck-out text, as if it were in a <strike>
tag.
12 sub()
Causes a string to be displayed as a subscript, as if it were in a <sub> tag
13 sup()
Causes a string to be displayed as a superscript, as if it were in a <sup> tag
